Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary полностью

3 ADJ [ADJ n] The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive. □  According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement. COLLOCATIONS suicide NOUN 1

noun + suicide : copycat; mass

adjective + suicide : apparent, suspected; assisted

verb + suicide : attempt, commit, contemplate, consider; prevent

su i|cide bo mber (suicide bombers ) N‑COUNT A suicide bomber is a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion. □  The blast was caused by a suicide bomber.

su i|cide note (suicide notes ) N‑COUNT A suicide note is a note written by someone who intends to kill themselves saying that this is what they are going to do and sometimes explaining why.

su i|cide pact (suicide pacts ) N‑COUNT A suicide pact is an arrangement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time and usually in the same place. □  Police refused to say if the couple died in a suicide pact.

sui gen|eris /suː i dʒe nər I s/ ADJ If you describe a person or thing as sui generis , you mean that there is no-one else or nothing else of the same kind and so you cannot make judgments about them based on other things. [FORMAL ] □  Japanese politics are sui generis.

suit ◆◆◇ /suː t/ (suits , suiting , suited )

1 N‑COUNT A man's suit consists of a jacket, trousers, and sometimes a waistcoat, all made from the same fabric. □  …a dark pin-striped business suit. □  …a smart suit and tie.

2 N‑COUNT A woman's suit consists of a jacket and skirt, or sometimes trousers, made from the same fabric. □  I was wearing my tweed suit.

3 N‑COUNT [n N ] A particular type of suit is a piece of clothing that you wear for a particular activity. □  …a completely revolutionary atmospheric diving suit.

4 VERB [no cont] If something suits you, it is convenient for you or is the best thing for you in the circumstances. □ [V n] They will only release information if it suits them. □ [V n] They should be able to find you the best package to suit your needs.

5 VERB [no cont] If something suits you, you like it. □ [V n] I don't think a sedentary life would altogether suit me.

6 VERB [no cont] If a piece of clothing or a particular style or colour suits you, it makes you look attractive. □ [V n] Green suits you.

7 VERB If you suit yourself , you do something just because you want to do it, without bothering to consider other people. □ [V pron-refl] These large institutions make–and change–the rules to suit themselves. □ [V pron-refl] He made a dismissive gesture. 'Suit yourself.'

8 N‑COUNT In a court of law, a suit is a case in which someone tries to get a legal decision against a person or company, often so that the person or company will have to pay them money for having done something wrong to them. □  Up to 2,000 former employees have filed personal injury suits against the company. ● N‑UNCOUNT In American English, you can say that someone files or brings suit against another person. □  The insurance company filed suit against the two girls.

9 N‑COUNT A suit is one of the four types of card in a set of playing cards. These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades.

10 → see also bathing suit , birthday suit , boiler suit , trouser suit

11 PHRASE If people follow suit , they do the same thing that someone else has just done. □  Efforts to persuade the remainder to follow suit have continued.